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A Gibson Les Paul Struck by Lightning

A Gibson Les Paul Struck by Lightning

Hoyt's 1985 Gibson Les Paul Reissue was struck by lightning while it was being stored in a room of his house during a thunderstorm. When Hoyt returned home, he found the guitar on the floor, smoking. The lightning had split an old pine tree outside the house and...

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Best Slash Cosplay Ever !

Best Slash Cosplay Ever !

And the award for best dressed couple at a party goes to... drumroll please... the man dressed as Slash and the woman dressed as a Marshall amplifier ! This couple cosplay is spot on. They're hitting all the right notes.

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Swing That Riff With a Tennis Racket Guitar

Do you remember when you were a kid pretending to play guitar with a tennis racket ? I know you did because I did it too ! Well now you can do that with an actual tennis racket guitar from Swinger Guitars... Not sure I want one but it sure looks funny !

Aurora Project Makes Frets and Pickguards Glow !

"The Aurora Project offers fret light markers as well as pick guard lights." (via D'Addario Strings Facebook Page)There is no feeling like the feeling of playing a guitar glowing like a christmas tree... Except maybe playing a guitar glowing like UFO in the sky !!  ...

Stratocowster

Why settle for a boring old Strat guitar shape when you can play a Stratocowster and really stand out in the herd. Pretty sure the Stratocowster is an a-moo-sing guitar to play country moo-sic !

Shonky Graffiti One Guitar

What a weird guitar seen on ebay... That's a confusing one because I want to give props to the builder for building an original guitar but I also want to take a jigsaw and rectify the shape of the body and the headstock !!

Now We Know What Really Happened to the Terminator !

Once Sarah Connor blew his robot head off, they made a guitar out of it !

Driving Slow and Strumming Hard : The Cadillac Guitar Experience ?

Playing this guitar is like driving a classic car. It’s slow, cumbersome, and hard to handle. The only difference is that, at least, the Caddy looks good. 

Too Much Pickguard Material?

You're customizing your acoustic guitar. Say you want to add a pickguard because it will protect your guitar, and it will look cool. You proceed. You sculpt the coolest shape you can. Obviously, you'll screw the pickguard because glue is overrated. And then you think...

Yet Another Weird Guitar Headstock

Am I counting right ? There are 5 strings ? If someone has information about this guitar, we're interested to hear it ! Update : This Gibson guitar is not a guitar ! Duh ! This is a 5-strings Mandolin. Most probably one of the two prototypes of the Rock 'n' Roll...

Snake Guitar

Impressive skills but carved guitars always make me smile... This custom shop ESP Snake 2 from makes no exception.

The Weirdest Strat Ever ?

Apparently made by the firm Grassroots by ESP

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Is it Fur? Is it Mold?

Is it Fur? Is it Mold?

I want to say fur. Really. But there is no way to completely exclude the hypothesis that this Flying V guitar is afflicted with a very bad case of mold !

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